Hayim Herring

Tomorrow's Synagogue Today (eBook, ePUB)

Creating Vibrant Centers of Jewish Life

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In the past decade many intelligent people who care deeply about synagogues have written about them. So how is this book different from all other books? Many books take the overall mission of the synagogue as a given, and the recommendations around structure are really about incremental change. Tomorrow's Synagogue Today stimulates the reader to unleash the power of synagogues to exponentially influence people's Jewish lives. Herring offers creative scenarios to stretch the imagination about how more synagogues could become vibrant centers of Jewish life and how congregational leaders can begin to chart a new course toward achieving that goal. Key to his vision are the ways synagogues can collaborate with other synagogues and other Jewish institutions in the local Jewish community and around the globe, as well as with organizations outside of the Jewish community. Herring also explores structural change that is occurring in the rabbinate, as well as future roles rabbis may play and how rabbis might begin preparing for that future now. He shares insights from twelve rabbis from across the country about new models of synagogue mission, governance, and organization. He concludes with recommendations about the kinds of investments those who care about synagogues and the Jewish future need to make so that synagogues will remain a significant force in the Jewish community.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 132
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781566996808
• Artikelnr.: 40619521

Autorenporträt

Hayim Herring, PhD, is an author, presenter and nonprofit organizational futurist, with a specialty in faith-based communities. A former congregational rabbi and "C-suite" nonprofit executive, Hayim blends original research and real-world experience to inspire individuals and organizations to achieve their greatest impact. He has published over 60 scholarly and popular articles and studies about the intersection of technology, spirituality, and community. Recent publications include Leading Congregations and Nonprofit Organizations in a Connected World: Platforms, People, and Purpose (Alban Books 2016), co-authored with Dr. Terri Elton,and Tomorrow's Synagogue Today: Creating Vibrant Centers of Jewish Life (Alban Institute 2012). He is a proven organizational visionary and entrepreneur and works to "create today's leaders for tomorrow's organizations."

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Terry Bookman
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1: The Changing Context of American Synagogue Life
2: Exploring a Twenty-First-Century Synagogue
3: The Case for Collaboration
4: Remixing the Rabbinate
5: Pathways to Synagogues of the Future
6: You Have the Wisdom to Find the Way
Notes